“Corynebacterium diphtheriae infections in an impoverished, inner-city patient population: epidemiology and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance” Student – Jason Zou, Med II, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Co-Supervisors – Dr. Christopher Lowe MD, FRCPC and Dr. Marc Romney MD, FRCPC, Clinical Associate Professors, Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British […]
Grants and Studentships
2017 CFID Undergraduate Summer Research Award Project
Whole Genome Sequencing of Mumps Virus from an Adult Outbreak in Brisith Columbia Student – Thenuga Sasitharan, Year 4, Medical Laboratory Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Supervisor – Dr. Agatha Jassem PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia and BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Read project final […]
2017 AMMI Canada Medical Student Research Projects
Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Newfoundland and Labrador Student – Lucy Smith, Med II, Memorial University School of Medicine, St. John’s, NF Supervisor – Dr. Peter Daley MD, Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NF Read project synopsis Exploring the Live Birth Rates of Women […]
2017 CFID Safe Drinking Water Pilot Project
Naturized E. coli and fecal indicators in drinking water wells: implications for testing, risk assessment and as potential environmental reservoirs for antimicrobial resistance Dr. Anna Majury, PhD, DVM, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Division of Microbiology and Immunology and Schools of Environmental Sciences and of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University at Kingston, and Regional […]
2016 CFID Undergraduate Summer Research Award Project
Understanding poor vaccine responses: transcriptomics of vaccine failure Student – Kathleen Miller, Year 3, Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University Supervisor – Dr. Lisa Barrett, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University Read research proposal Read project final summary